# GET Get an upload

Returns an upload's metadata and current status. Requires `customisers:read`. Uploads belonging to another store are indistinguishable from unknown ones. `status` is `pending` until the bytes arrive in staging and `uploaded` once they have, so this is how you confirm a presigned PUT landed before attaching. The presigned target is never returned here: it exists only on the create response.

- Source URL: https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/v3-get-get-an-upload/
- Markdown URL: https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/v3-get-get-an-upload.md
- Group: Uploads
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v3/uploads/{upload_id}
- Auth: Bearer token
- Required scopes: `customisers:read`

## Path parameters

- upload_id (string, required): The opaque upload ID. Example: upl_9f2c4b7ad13e6058ba41cd

## cURL example

```bash
curl https://web.signcustomiser.com/api/v3/uploads/upl_9f2c4b7ad13e6058ba41cd \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
```

## Response examples

### 200 GET 200 example 1

```json
{
  "data": {
    "object": "upload",
    "id": "upl_9f2c4b7ad13e6058ba41cd",
    "purpose": "font_ttf",
    "filename": "Signature.ttf",
    "content_type": "font/ttf",
    "byte_size": 184320,
    "status": "uploaded",
    "verification_failure_code": null,
    "expires_at": "2026-07-23T00:00:00Z",
    "attached_at": null,
    "created_at": "2026-07-22T00:00:00Z",
    "upload_target": null
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://web.signcustomiser.com/api/v3/uploads/upl_9f2c4b7ad13e6058ba41cd",
    "documentation": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/"
  },
  "meta": {
    "api_version": "v3",
    "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
  }
}
```

### 401 Missing API key

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/missing_api_key",
  "title": "Missing API key",
  "status": 401,
  "code": "missing_api_key",
  "detail": "Provide a store API key as a bearer token.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 403 Insufficient scope

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/insufficient_scope",
  "title": "Insufficient scope",
  "status": 403,
  "code": "insufficient_scope",
  "detail": "This operation requires the customisers:read scope.",
  "required_scopes": [
    "customisers:read"
  ],
  "granted_scopes": [
    "orders:read"
  ],
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 404 Unknown upload

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/resource_not_found",
  "title": "Resource not found",
  "status": 404,
  "code": "resource_not_found",
  "detail": "The requested resource does not exist or does not belong to the authenticated store.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 422 Unknown parameter

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/unknown_parameter",
  "title": "Unknown query parameter",
  "status": 422,
  "code": "unknown_parameter",
  "detail": "This endpoint accepts no query parameters.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 429 Rate limited

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/rate_limited",
  "title": "Too many requests",
  "status": 429,
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "detail": "You have exceeded the request limit for this API key.",
  "retry_after": 60,
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```